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Mark James uses the Accelerated Recovery Performance machine during a session of physical therapy at Tranformation Fitness Coaching on Thursday.

By ANGELA POTRYKUS ¦

People using Accelerated Recovery Performance, which sends electrical currents into the muscles, say the device helps cure injuries 30 percent faster than typical physical therapy and gets people back into the shape they once were quickly.

The badges were a nearly $10,000 line item in a unanimous vote on
Wednesday by the Board of Police Commissioners. The department bought the ornate badges for the chief, two
assistant chiefs and two lieutenant colonels.